A system Dynamics Approach to Designing a Crowdfunding Model in Technological Entrepreneurship Ecosystem with a Focus on Technology Incubator Centers

Subject Areas : Management of Technology and production

Mehran Saeidi Aghdam ¹ , Akbar Alamtabriz ² , Asghar Sarafizadeh Qazvini ³ , Hessam Zandhessami ⁴

1 - Department of Entrepreneurship, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Public Administration, Tehran Markaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Industrial management, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2019-01-03 Accepted : 2019-06-13 Published : 2020-06-01

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